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A breathtaking city made completely out of cardboard

In some people’s childhood, the cardboard box was the best toy ever. If you happen to be that kid, this artwork is taking cardboard cubby houses to new heights.

The Ephemeral City by French artist Olivier Grossetête is an astonishingly large installation located in Barangaroo as part of the Sydney Festival happening in Australia right now. Relying on public participation to build it, it is being constructed from Jan. 8 to Jan. 26. — with it to be all destroyed on the final day.

It mirrors some of Grossetête’s previous work with the cardboard medium, such as The People’s Tower at the Glastonbury Festival and La ville éphémère in Marseille, France. The Ephemeral City is Grossetête’s debut in Sydney and is the first of his works to be built inside Read more…